Fuel Costs Push Home Support Workers to Breaking Point
Rising fuel prices are leaving NZ home support workers out of pocket, as mileage rates lag far behind real costs.
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How will allowing foreign millionaires buy $5 million mansions going to help Kiwis other than Luxon?
New policy allows foreign buyers to purchase $5 million homes. But will it help Kiwis or drive inequality and housing pressure?
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Help us now: 23,000 home support workers crushed by petrol price hikes
23,000 home support workers face rising petrol costs as PSA urges the Government to act on fuel price pressures driven by the Iran war.
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Child poverty, social determinants of health, and the limits of balance sheet thinking
Child poverty in New Zealand is not inevitable — but it is driving rising health system demand and exposing the limits of balance sheet-driven policy.
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Government policies are increasing child poverty – NZCTU
New data from Stats NZ shows child poverty in New Zealand is worsening, with unions warning that Government policies are…
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MEDIAWATCH – Damien Venuto surprised free market capitalism cheerleaders might be wrong
Are media cheerleaders ignoring cracks in New Zealand’s economy? Rising unemployment, weak retail and stalled infrastructure suggest deeper trouble.
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LNG imports would lock Kiwis into higher energy bills for decades when more secure options are ready now – NZGBC
NZGBC research warns LNG imports could cost Kiwis $8.3b and double electricity prices, while rooftop solar and heat pumps offer cheaper, secure energy now.
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Willie Jackson: Government making it worse for families
Labour’s Willie Jackson says new Salvation Army data shows unemployment rising and families struggling as cost of living pressures deepen.
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A lifeline for gas, a bill for households: Opposition grows to LNG levy proposal
Climate groups warn the Government’s LNG terminal plan could raise household power bills while delaying New Zealand’s transition to renewable energy.
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Economy in meltdown and the broken privatisation experiment never more apparent – so why is NZ Left floundering?
Rising unemployment, collapsing public services, and growing inequality expose New Zealand as a failed privatisation experiment — and raise hard questions for the Left.
